Belt and buckle



Jan. 24, 1933. I J. CHIER OTTI BELT AND BUCKLE Filed- Aug. 15, 1952 I INVENTOR,. 75s 67% 7222?";

TORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 24, 1933 'PATEN-t OFFIF E FJ.

JOSEPH CHIEROTTL'OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA BELT AND BUCKLE Application filed August 13,1932. serm' qeza This invention relates to buckles and connectors for belts and the likeand has for an object to provide a buckle of the class whereby there is provided an inside lap of the free 7 end of the belt.

More particularly it is an object to' provide an inside lap belt buckle characterized by having a smooth interior surface or face arrangement of parts to avoid ob ectionable shoulders and projections commonly found in various belt bucklesor hitches and leading to common objections, because of unevenness when the belt and buckle areclosed around the waist.

Further an object is to provide belt fasten ing buckle of few, simple, practicable and substantial parts involving'only one pr1nc1- pal moving member and this being of the type of a lever of the first order. v

An additional object of the invention is to provide a substantial, effective, durable, easily applied and readily disconnected means for hitching a strap end to a master buckle, withthe purpose of facilitating the removal buckle plate at will and providing for the application of a new belt.

While reference has been made hereabove to belts and buckles it is understood that the improvements are not limited to only such adaptations.

The invention consists in certain advancements in this art as set forth in the ensuing disclosure and having, with the above, additional objects and advantages as hereinafter developed, and whose construction, combination and details of means, and the manner of operation will be made manifest in the description of the herewith illustrative embodiment; it being understood that modifications, variations and adaptations may be resorted to within the scope, principle and spirit of the invention as it is more directly claimed hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a top plan of the lapped ends of the belt secured to the buckle.

Figure 2 is an inside faceview of the belt ends and buckle.

Figure 3 is a plan or top edge view partly in of the old or mutilated belt from the master spring'10.-

section of one form of a laminated belt structure with the keeper partly therethrough."

Figure 1 is a pers ective of the separate, master plate of the buckle .with-itsapplied latch leaf. I Figure 5 is a'perspective -of the separated latch leaf showing itsinside structural parts; Figure 6 is a perspective'ofthe separated detachable hitch member of the strapcoii nector. 7 Q y t i j Figure 7 is a perspective of the coordinate end of the attachable belt. j

Figure 8 is a perspectiveof a free end por-L keeper. f i

The buckle comprises the main ormaster tion of a belt of a modified form of'a lat'ched front plate 2 having inwardly turned top and The leaf forms therefore a leveriof the first order one end S of which'formsa handle or pressure part'while the opposite end portion is provided with a suitable number of prongs or pins 9, which may be pressed inwardlythat j is toward plate 2 a suitably disposed j The latch prongs 9 are adapted to, auto matically snap into perforations 12 or eyelets 13 which are in the free or slip end 14* ofa belt strap 14. V Preferablythe belt'let is of two'or' more layers as shown in Figure '3 and the keeper apertures or eyelets extend only through the inner layer so that as seen from outslde 10f front of; the belt 14 Figure" 3 there "are no perforations or other parts visible. i r

In the form of a belt inFigure 8 by using apertures made inthe leather to receivethje] prongs 9 the leather is reinforced by a cross bar 15 riveted or otherwise secured to thenear layer of the leather on the sideof the holes 12 V subjected to the pull of the 14L atone end firmly to the buckle plate 2 and When the free end 14 of the belt is inserted under the yieldable latch leaf this then moves back from the front plate 2, and as the belt end slides past the prongs 9 these will snap into the perforations under the closing action of the spring 10 and securely latch the belt end. Preferably the tips of the latch prongs 9 incline back toward the latch plate '8 in the direction from which the slip end of the belt 7 isinserted to facilitate entry of the belt and pass the prongs.

'A feature of the invention comprises a simple, practical Jmeansfor connecting the belt as here shown a'hitch member is" in the form of asheet metal stamping of a width from top to bottom equal to the width of the belt 14. Intermediately of one edge, the plate is provided with a depressionior embossment 21 of width, depth, .and length to pass under the complementary hook 22 fixedon the inner face of the buckle plate 2. The hitch member 20 is provided on the same edge as the embossment 21, witha pair of stiff lugs 28, while the opposite portion of the member 20 is formed as a panel 24 forming a. guide for the insertion of the lip end 14 of the belt 14.. That end of the. belt 14 which istobe hitched to the master buckle plate 2 -is provided with tongues 25 providing intel-space or 'indenture 26 for clearance 'of the hitched embossment' 21. Also the hitch end of :the belt is provided with perforations-'27 to receive the; detachable, lugs 23xofthe removable member 20;- From the 7 above it will be seen that'when' it'is desired to remove a worn belt it is only necessary to firmly press the belt endinto back chamber ofthe plate 2 to disconnect the embossment 21 of the plate 2 from the hook. 220i the plate 2 and then pull the strap and platetogether "from the buckle; After which thehitchmem ber 20 can be readily unhooked from theperforations 27 of. the belt and applied to-a; new belt. having a complementary hitch end, as

: clearly shown in Figure 7. With the leaf in its normalposition as in Fig. 4, the prongs 9 are in latching position to engage in belt holes 12 andare held so by the finger spring 10 which is secured flat against the back of the leaf and projects far enough beyond an edge of the leaf to always be in hooking engagementwith and inrear of a nearby flange 2. A buckle having a platefvvith top. and bottom flangeshaving coplanar lips to form a stra end guide channel, and a latch leaf pive 'ot'e on the plate and having a prong device .to interlock the strap end; the leaf being a lever of the first order lying in the plane of said lips and-0n one end of which saidprong device is provided and the opposite endof which forms an. inwardly press ble lever, and

sprlng neans normally pressingthe leaf to r a position flush with the lips and with. the

prong device in strap engaging position.

3. A detachable buckle and. belt connector, comprising a buckle plate having on its back. a fixed hook facing inwardly from one encha strap. having near one end a transverse set of perforations and ther'ebetween' an in..- denture to theend edge, anda separable hitch plate havingineans tohook intoisaid perforations and provided with a portion to slidably. and detachably interlock under the said plate hook and lying in said indenture.

JOSEPH CHIEROTTLQ V lip 5. 'If'pressure is applied to the leaf end the prongs!) are drawn outward by outward: swing on the leaf end 8 against the re sistance of the finger spring-lapping unden and against thelip 5. Thus the spring-acts to pull the leaf back to the plane of the lips 5 5,and to thrust theprongs 9 into thestrap holes 12. a

The invention claimed is: r 1. A buckle having a frontal plate,

and bottom flanges turned back and having coplanar. lips to form a guide'channel-forfa.

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